#4E6834 is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4E6834 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E6834 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Dark Olive Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Dark Olive Green plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Dark Olive Green anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Dark Olive Green sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Dark Olive Green is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Dark Olive Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E6834 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #4E6834 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E6834;
--color-base-rgb: 78 104 52;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(48.3% 0.083 130.7);
--color-50: #F7FAF5;
--color-100: #EBF2E3;
--color-200: #D6E4C9;
--color-300: #B8CDA2;
--color-400: #99B47E;
--color-500: #7A975D;
--color-600: #61754C;
--color-700: #47553A;
--color-800: #303829;
--color-900: #1F231A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-olive-green: {
50: '#F7FAF5',
100: '#EBF2E3',
200: '#D6E4C9',
300: '#B8CDA2',
400: '#99B47E',
500: '#7A975D',
600: '#61754C',
700: '#47553A',
800: '#303829',
900: '#1F231A',
},
}
$base: #4E6834; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F7FAF5; $base-100: #EBF2E3; $base-200: #D6E4C9; $base-300: #B8CDA2; $base-400: #99B47E; $base-500: #7A975D; $base-600: #61754C; $base-700: #47553A; $base-800: #303829; $base-900: #1F231A; $base-hover: #3F542A; $base-subtle: #CAD7BD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E6834",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EBF2E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D6E4C9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B8CDA2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#99B47E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7A975D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#61754C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#47553A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#303829",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F231A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}